Global Security Challenge

GSC Blogs from July 2009 (4)



Security Venture Capital Dealflow: over $160 million so far in 2009

We tracked over $160 million Dollars in investments by VCs into security startups during the first two quarters of 2009.  While this is only about 40% of last year's volume during the same timeframe, we see signs of investors' returning appetites for...

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Enter the GSC Most Promising Security Idea 2009!

Win $10,000, plus exclusive mentorship Closing date: 1 September 2009   Have an idea to solve a security problem?  There are many potentially disruptive innovations that have yet to reach commercialization.    The Global Sec...

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Smiths Detection and Accenture renew their partnership with the GSC

   The Global Security Challenge is pleased to announce that Smiths Detection (http://www.smithsdetection.com) and Accenture (http://www.accenture.com) have continued their support of the GSC in 2009.  The partnership provides an impo...

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Our Upcoming Competitions: energy storage, cloud security, crowded places

1. Crowded Places Idea (to be launched in summer 2009)The 2nd annual Crowded Places Idea competition aims to bring fresh thinking to the problem of protecting the general public from the threat of terrorism in crowded urban environments. At present, gover...

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